European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes �3 Mississippi cleans up after Hurricane Elena Page 5 q College football top 20 poll Page 21 d terrorist killer of Sailor identified Page 28 the stars  vol. 44, no. 140 thursday septembers 1985 d 8693 a soviets have Radical arms offers by Alison Smale Moscow a soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorba Chev will make Radical offers to reduce nuclear arms and May accept some space weapons research if the United states considers preventing the militarization of space . Senators said after meeting the Kremlin offi Cial on tuesday. The Reagan administration said Gorbachev s Promise of new offers has been made before and it challenged the soviets to present their suggestions at the arms control talks in Geneva. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., an arms control expert said after the 3w-hour meeting that Gorbachev made very Clear that fundamental space weapons research cannot be verified and therefore cannot be excluded under the anti ballistic missile treaty the superpowers signed in 1972. The bad news on that subject is that fundamental research in his mind is defined very narrowly Nunn told reporters. He defiles it essentially As being what you do in a Laboratory and under the narrowest interpretation of the covery Down of howards Edwards fab Cal Taupe the discovery glided to a Deserf Landing Early tuesday wrapping up the Lotf Muttle mis Sion and leaving behind in orbit Success fully rewired satellite. With commander Joe Engle at tools the 99-ton space freighter s Landing gear settled on the dry Lake bed n Way nine minutes before Sunrise completing a 3-million-Milc trek. K. Looks like this bus is coming Home Engle said after firing discovery s twin braking rockets Over the Indian Ocean for about four minutes. After a searing Glide across the Pacific Ocean discovery knifed across the califor Nia coast Southeast of Santa Barbara at More than four times the Speed of sound and then glided to touchdown at Edwards. For the Crew Engle Pilot Dick Covey James Van Hoften William Fisher and John lounge Landing signalled the end of one of the most glamorous flights in the 4 year old shuttle program. Was especially rewarding to Van Hof Len and Fisher who pulled off a Darin spacewalk saturday and successfully re wired the crippled syncom 3 communications satellite which had been stranded in a useless orbit since it was launched from the discovery in april. Syncom 3, owned by Hughes communications inc., is one of four satellites leased by the Navy for military communications. Engineers will try to put the big relay station in the proper orbit in late october. The Crew launched two communications satellites at the Start of the Mission and a third was deployed two Days later. Remarks he is saying we will allow you to think about space weapons but not much  Nunn said he like the while House challenged the soviet Leader to introduce his ideas at the arms control talks that resume sept. 19. Nunn also indicated Gorbachev said he would be positive in his approach at the Summit with president Reagan in Geneva nov. 19-20. He indicated that if the . Were prepared to Dis cuss the ques Ion of preventing the militarization of see soviets on Page 28 Rogers asks guidelines id on chemicals Pawlo for  by sic. Lam Voyght  Refuge woman gazes at Bleak wasteland near Ahara desert staff writer Don tote reports on Mali on on the Edge of the7, 8 and 9. Cubans reported aiding nicaraguan army Washington a . Officials say they have Rece Jofh reports of increasing cuban Milita involvement in Nicaragua including cuban participation in combat Agapit anti communist rebels. J details of the cuban role they said have been prod cd by two defectors from the Nicara a state Security Agency and two Fri the sandinista army. A Senow . Official who is familiar with Tii accounts Given by the four nicaraguans to . Interrogators said their information confirms other reports received in Washington that cuban Mili tary involvement in Nicaragua is increasing. At the military level the cubans pro vide Basic guidance on How to conduct counterinsurgency operations said the official who asked not to be identified. He said the top cuban officer in Nicara Gua is a Veteran of fighting in Angola and Ethiopia. The official declined to identify the defectors but the two who worked for the by Jean Albright staff writer a Hape Belgium at the Kickoff of Sprato s autumn forge exercises.  w. Rogers supreme Allied com Mander Europe said guidance on the use of chemical weapons must be clarified soon by political leaders. For the next 10 Days he said tuesday the Senate will consider the language of a measure drafted by a joint House and Senate committee. If the language holds it will be a step in the right direction he said. We will have funds to Start production of binary weapon rounds. It is my position that we should leave those supplies in the states he added and not Forward  the joint committee has authorized si55.5 million for production funding. It approved procurement of the chemical components but ordered final Assembly put off until october 1987. It also directed president Reagan to develop contingency plans with Rogers for binary deployment to Europe in a crisis and to consult with nato before production can begin. Because of the significance of chemical weapons. House armed services commit tee chairman rep. Les Aspin d-wis., said he would take the joint committee action Back to the floor for a separate  is scheduled for sept. 16. Rogers who said he considers chemical weapons a step beyond conventional weaponry added that he Hopes to see nato avoid hurried decisions under tense conditions. They need to decide what role they see Rogers on Page 28 state Security Agency apparently same nicaraguans who gave a tired interview in july to a Cost newspaper published by Nicar exiles. They were identified As Torres and Rigoberto Wilford. In the interview they said they decided to defect because of what they de scribed As the criminal prac ices repression and corruption of the sandinista government. Earlier this year nicaraguan presi Dent Daniel Ortega said cuban military and Security advisers had numbered around 800, in Sharp contrast to the . Estimate of Between 2,500 and 3,500. According to Reagan administration item acts there also Are 3.500 to 4.000 an civilian advisers in Nicaragua. Cuba and Nicaragua have claim life that Cuba s help has been Pri Marily her sanitarian and not military. For example Cuba claims to have sent health Cairn up Nicaragua along with hundreds of Lef Ibers